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It
is said to be visible from the moon...
Construction
of the Great Wall started in the 7th century BC. The vassal
states under the Zhou Dynasty in the northern parts of the
country each built their own walls for defense purposes.
After the state of Qin unified China in 221 BC, it joined
the walls to hold off the invaders from the Xiongnu tribes
in the north and extended them to more than 10,000 li or
5,000 kilometers. This is the origin of the name Of the
"10,000-li Great Wall".The Great Wall was renovated from
time to time after the Qin Dynasty. A major renovation started
with the founding of the Ming Dynasty in 1368, and took
200 years to complete. The wall we see today is almost exactly
the result of this effort. With a total length of over 6,000
kilometers, it extends to the jiayu Pass in Gansu Province
in the west and to the mouth of the Yalu River in Liaoning
Province in the east. What lies north of Beijing is but
a small section of it. The great Wall inspired lots of artists
from time to time. Here, we present few related artworks
from our artists' database.
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